ALTER-EU press releases

Revolving door scandal - call for three-year cooling off period

Publication date: 
Monday, September 27, 2010
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

New documents obtained by ALTER-EU reveal the inadequate checks carried out by the Commission when former Commissioners take employment in the private sector. ALTER-EU calls for an urgent overhaul of the rules with a three-year cooling off period for ex-Commissioners

 

Transparency still out of sight on lobby register’s second anniversary

Publication date: 
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

On the second anniversary of the European Commission lobby register, many lobby groups based in Brussels still refuse to sign up. The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU) released a press release urging for more transparency.

 

Sixty per cent of EU lobbying consultancies not signed up to European Commission’s lobby transparency register

Publication date: 
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

Survey highlights failure of voluntary approach; EU officials and MEPs urged not to meet with unregistered lobbyists.

 

European Commission urged to break stranglehold of financial sector

Publication date: 
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

The vast majority of financial ‘experts’ advising the European Commission represent the banks and investors responsible for the global economic crisis, according to a new report published today by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER EU).

 

Commission review of lobby register brings minor improvements but fails to fix fundamental flaws

Publication date: 
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

The changes to the lobby register announced by Commission will fix some of the weaknesses in the initial design of the register, but fundamental flaws remain. This means that EU citizens are largely left in the dark about the activities of the more than 15,000 Brussels lobbyists, according to the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation.

 

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